A Trip to Sephora

She uses foundation lighter than her toneSince fair and lovely doesn't workDoesn't like her mono lids,Changes it with a new makeup toolTries to make her eyesLess "Chinese", less "Asian"Straightens her hairTo hide away her natural froHer wild curlsThey have enough spray tans for white girls to get darkerBut not enough foundation shades for darker skinPick a few girls light enough to pass as whiteFrom third world countriesAnd call it diversityFind brown and black girlsThat they feel fit to their standardOf deep, ebony shadesShe wants a pretty pink lipstickBut all the models that wear it are fairSo how would she know what it's like for her brown skinBlack girl with full big lipsgets mockedKylie Jenner gets a new lip,And a new makeup lineHer mother was attacked for wearing a bindiBut it's all fine when it's for a western music festivalAnother dayAnother girl wearing some kindOf culture appropriated hair on InstagramMuslim girl wears an abayaOr traditional clothes and she's teasedBut it's all good when forever 21Or h&m sell itDo you see the pattern?As long as you're white you're fineLook any more ethnic andyou're either exotified or in a shadowThey say makeup is to express, to enhance the naturalFashion is to show off youBut as women of color, we're still trapped